Archive for November 18th, 2009

Where do these people come from?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Susan Crowell

I’m not a Scrooge, really, I’m not. So I can’t blame it on the upcoming holiday season. Maybe it’s just because I’m getting old(er). Or maybe I just need more chocolate. But for whatever the reason, I seem to be getting less tolerant of some of the news that crosses my desk.
For example, there is […]

Digesters big and small a topic at Ohio renewable energy workshop

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Chris Kick

If farm-based anaerobic digesters are to be successful in America, then the industry needs to look back to the beginning of the automobile industry.

Vacation with us…Hopkins

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Other News

Holding their weekly copy of Farm and Dairy on their August vacation to Alaska are Sam and Dotty Hopkins and their friends Larry and Sharon Rizor from Nineveh, Greene County, Pa.

Vacation with us…Bliley

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Other News

Bill and Becky Bliley of Waterford, Pa., took Farm and Dairy along with them to Bliss, N.Y., to see the wind parks developed by Noble Environmental Power.

Ag makes social media presence known; farm speaker a Mashable award finalist

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Other News

Farm community propels professional ag speaker Michele Payn-Knoper into top five finalist spot for Mashable’s Twitter User of the Year web award.

Shifting Gears…McQuistion

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Other News

Glenn Jay Maurer purchased this 1952 John Deere Model B tractor new in the early 1950s. This photo of Maurer was taken in 1986 when he was 80. Maurer was a janitor for years at Goshen High School and later at West Branch. He used this tractor to farm his 40-acre farm in Patmos, Ohio.
When […]